MOSCOW -- More than four months after she was arrested at a Moscow airport for cannabis possession, American basketball star Brittney Griner is to appear in court Monday for a preliminary hearing ahead of her trial.
Griner's detention and trial come at an extraordinarily low point in Moscow-Washington relations. She was arrested at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport less than a week before Russia sent troops into Ukraine, which aggravated already-high tensions with sweeping sanctions by the United States and Russia's denunciation of U.S. weapon supplies to Ukraine.
Russian news media have repeatedly raised speculation that she could be swapped for Russian arms trader Viktor Bout, nicknamed"The Merchant of Death," who is serving a 25-year sentence on conviction of conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens and providing aid to a terrorist organization.
Russia can have her.
LindaLeePeacock I hope humanity will prevail 💝
She's paid more taxes than most of y'all trashing her. So what if she used her freedom of speech about the anthem? I'm a veteran & I have no problem with it. She's being punished as a result of a political war, which is not right.
Perhaps she can kneel in protest as the Russian judge locks her up for decades.. Like she did for America's national anthem she hates so much...
How about that American 🇺🇸 now?
Meanwhile, Biden and his pals are making fun of Putin so griner is facing the maximum sentence. In court, a video showing Biden falling off his bike will be used as well.
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